ocr: Is your baby to young to learn to read? You can start as early as 6 months. As far as your baby's concerned, the sooner the better. "FlashCards" is meant to be used as a teaching aid. However, there are two cardinal rules. 1) Learning should be a fun experience. 2) Each session should end before the child is ready to stop. This will encourage the child to look torward toe each new session.